Thursday, June 20, 2013

at the end
of 33 years of following Your Abba
thru
the tangle of our sin-shattered world
our mangled lives
our broken bodies
our over-powered spirits
always giving in...to Your Abba's leading...
in word
in deed
in heart
after the dark-of-night-struggle
with the enormous bulk of our sin-load...
after never really considering DIS-obeying
Your Abba's lead...
after begging
for another way
for any other alternative...
the dying
was easy...
until the dark descended like a midnight
on Your heart & ours.
at noon.
then
the heart that always listened first
before speaking...
the soul that always watched Your Abba
for a clue before acting...
pushed thru the DARKest DARK
to offer up Your Own Spirit
to Your for--the-first-time-ever silent Abba
breaking
the DARK.
our sin.
death.
into pieces.

Saturday, August 13, 2011

i wonder if our Lord turns our self-centeredness toward a better end by just “carrying on the conversation a bit”…even if it does end in Him saying, “just obey for now…understanding will come later?!?”

i wonder if isaiah was right when he says that YaHWeH bares His Mighty Arm (rolls up His sleeves) in order to save His people?

i wonder if our Lord REALLY loves us so much that his MAIN agenda might just be US?!?

i wonder if it is thru the conversation ITSELF…that our healing & growing up comes? regardless of immediate outcomes?

after all, if the big people in our lives do not stop to have conversation with us (even if it is frustrating to them) how can we learn to take “the next step” in life?

i guess our Lord’s “everlasting mercies & patience” comes in handy when He deals with us…eh?

i wonder if our Lord really IS there when we can neither sense Him or hear His Voice?

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

“how hard,”You said, “it is for a rich man to enter YaHWeH’s kingdom.”

“the oddsare better for a camelto get through a needle’s eye,”You continued.

we laughed.it was a comical image…thenwe quit laughing.it wasn’t so funny anymore.“Lord, who is there that CAN be saved?”we asked.You were quick to reply,“God makes it possible.there is no other way.”

really, Lord?no OTHER way in…than YaHWeH’s grace and mercy?no great acts of charity can do it?

or was that Your whole point, Lord?

at first we’d thought You were asking the young manto give up his moneyas a sacrifice…to earn YaHWeH’s notice…His favor.

thenit dawned on usthat giving it ALL awaywas the minimum requirementto join You on the road…& joining You, Lord,is the ONLY way into the forever-kingdomof YaHWeH…the kingdom that hums with LIFE…full-on-LIFE!